Christmas lights

One of our Christmas rituals growing up was to pile into the car and take a drive through nearby neighborhoods to look at the Christmas lights. One of our favorite displays was on a small manmade lake. The houses surrounding it were on a slight elevation above the lake and the homeowners decorated from the backs of their houses to water’s edge. The lights and reflections were beautiful.

I still love Christmas lights and took a stroll around the center of Florence to look at them.

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Building opposite Piazza della Repubblica.

Stars on Via Calimala.

Above the Ponte Vecchio.

Via de’ Guicciardini in the Oltrarno.

Bonus: seeing a light show playing on the buildings on the Ponte Vecchio.